Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 89458

Food Banks

Tabled: 11 November 2025
Answered: 19 November 2025

Question

Sir James Cleverly

Conservative — Braintree

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in the (a) level of use and (b) frequency of visits to food banks in the last 12 months.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
Statistics on the level of food bank use in the UK are published annually in the Households Below Average Income statistics report. The most recent publication is available here: Households below average income: for financial years ending 1995 to 2024 - G...
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